(381) بَابُ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةٌ
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, "It is better for a man to fill his bellywith oozing pus than to fill it with poetry." (FR)
Reference (FR): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 860 (FR)
In-book reference (FR): Book 36, Hadith 5 (FR)
English translation (FR): Book 36, Hadith 860 (FR)